Conservative wave

The Conservative wave was a right-wing political phenomenon that emerged in mid-2010 in South America as a direct reaction to the pink tide. After a decade of center-left governments, the influence of the Sao Paulo Forum declined as the liberal Mauricio Macri succeeded Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as President of Argentina in 2015, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was impeached and replaced by her centrist vice-president Michel Temer in 2016, the conservative Sebastian Pinera succeeded social democrat Michelle Bachelet as President of Chile in 2017 (a repeat of 2009), and the far-right former army officer Jair Bolsonaro became President of Brazil in 2018. The conservative phenomenon began in reaction to corruption scandals or continued economic disappointments under socialist governments in Latin America, and it coincided with the 2016 presidential election in the United States, the growth of right-wing populism and neo-nationalism in Europe (Brexit in the United Kingdom, the advance of the National Rally in France, the Alternative for Germany in Germany, the Five Star Movement and Lega Nord in Italy, the Freedom Party of Austria in Austria, Fidesz in Hungary, Law and Justice in Poland, and the Sweden Democrats in Sweden). It was also associated with the Evangelical community's recent growth in size and power, as they tended to support social conservatism.